Diplodactylidae
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The Diplodactylidae are a family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with over 150 species in 25 genera. These geckos occur in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Diplodactylids are the most ecologically diverse and widespread family of geckos in both Australia and New Caledonia, and are the only family of geckos found in New Zealand. Three diplodactylid genera (Oedura, Rhacodactylus, and Hoplodactylus) have recently been split into multiple new genera.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Diplodactylidae is referenced by 293 other articles, and connects out to gecko, Robust velvet gecko and paraphyly.
It sits within the topics Diplodactylidae, Extant Paleocene first appearances and Lizard families.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyDiplodactylidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,364
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Diplodactylidae
- Collections
- QM, AM
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pygopodoidea
- Image
- Gekkoninae Rhacodactylus ciliatus orange.png
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- taxon name
- Diplodactylidae
- Commons category
- Diplodactylidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Diplodactylidae
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Habitat
- Reproduction
- Common traits
- Adhesion and climbing ability
- Classification
- Placement within Gekkota
- Genera
- Intergeneric systematics
- Origins
- Conservation
- References
- Further reading
The Diplodactylidae are a family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with over 150 species in 25 genera. These geckos occur in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Diplodactylids are the most ecologically diverse and widespread family of geckos in both Australia and New Caledonia, and are the only family of geckos found in New Zealand. Three diplodactylid genera (Oedura, Rhacodactylus, and Hoplodactylus) have recently been split into multiple new genera.
In previous classifications, the family Diplodactylidae is equivalent to the subfamily Diplodactylinae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diplodactylidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.